The EBA’s stress test data is can be downloaded from their site, but it is spread around across several files. For your convenience, please click here for an Excel file that offers a flat file with combined…

What surprised me this week about the capital calculation cock-up of Bank of America Meryll Linch were the reactions of the press. The financial press responded to this gaffe by highlighting the difficulties of calculating capital….

Among the many publications that the EBA posted on its website last week, the Technical advice to the Commission (EC) on the treatment of unrealized gains deserves attention. Not only because of its content, but…

Just a quicky – from EBA: it publishes today its fourth report of the Basel III monitoring exercise on the European banking system. Click here for the full report. “The exercise monitors the impact of…

Reuters reported on a leaking source from the European Banking Authority who mentioned that Europe has set itself a “completely illusionary” timetable for the next round of bank health checks. An interesting Catch 22 thus…

This is complicated material. But … looking at Article 9 of this standard, the bar for recognition of supplementary capital looks high. Even though it applies after the entry into force of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) and…

The EBA published the first final draft technical standards on own funds. Its actually a bundle that complements CRR IV, the new European regulation on capital. Haven’t had the time to digest fthe final versions,…

Today the EBA made an announcement that requires banks to hold nominal amounts of capital over amounts previously set out in a recommendation set out a year ago. When banks’ capital levels fall below the…

An interesting aside of the US Basel III adoption is the relief of the inclusion of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (AOCI). Its inclusion in Common Equity Tier 1 regulatory capital (CET1) is only mandatory under…

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